Offstage: Mrs. Rumblebottom, the very giant even for a giant, mother is furious at Nicodeamus for trying to hurt her son and her son’s friends.
See here:http://yfrog.com/jmmrsrumblebottomj
PS: I did this on something called HeroMachine, it’s really cool.

Best vote incentive you ever put up to date Scott! P.S. you mentioned somewhere you wanted to do the Dreamland Chronicles as a Live action movie rather than CGI and I could not see it until this vote incentive. now I am energized and excited about it.

Really, Alex. You should have remembered that, seeing how you HAVE A ROCK GIANT FRIEND!

Vote incentive was *amazing.* I’ve never wanted to visit DreamLand more than right now. And now I see that the new eye color is perfect. Any chance of getting her in the Centaur Village outfit on the cover of one of the books?

Yep! This is how I interpreted it. After all, Rock Giants aren’t just vegetarians, they’re also pacifists. The idea that the “Not if we don’t have to.” line implied a threat really doesn’t gibe with the way they’ve been just standing around staring at him blankly most of the time since Alex appeared. I took it as more of a “You don’t actually WANT us to do that, do you? Cuz I don’t think any of us would like that.” type of thing.

I allow myself to cherry-pick. My comment is to be understood as a small detail within a webcomic close to perfection!

I was just wondering – if you get the chance of a “version 2” of the scenario for animation, the only small detail I would change is by Alex:
It’s fine to have an immature Alex that grow into adulthood and maturity during his adventures. But Alex bis eing consistently stupid (understand: not “spontaneous” or “thoughless” but just dumb, definitively lower brainpower, to the point that I wonder how he got to college – unless there are special colleges for stoopid people in his country; but then why would Dan also be there?).

That’s disturbing and this sorts of hampers the empathy the reader develops with a character, which is very important for enjoying the story. For myself, I can empathy for Dan, Nicole or Nas, but definetly not for Alex.

Well, I was going to ask if the picture was what Donna would like if she were Nastaljia, but now that seems a bit awkward to ask considering additional details that were revealed about the rest of the picture. I like the fact that the vote incentive itself is still G-rated, though.

Aw, I understand both of you. It’s part of the hero’s journey. Odysseus travelled it, Sigurd traveled it, Frodo traveled it! The characters in these pieces of lore, well they changed over time. Odysseus was too pridefull, Sigurd was too arogant,and Frodo…well he sacrificed everything…um Samwise traveled it, he went from being timid to being “Samwise the Brave.” So, Alex has to travel his journey. And just a few weeks ago he decided to set goals for himself and not be selfish. I say that’s major progress on his part!

Sure! Give it a try! The logo should have the college name “Winsor McCay University”, the mascot, and the mascot name (R. O. U. S. for short if size is a problem). If you want to add a slogan like the ones suggested below, go for it!

The best way to post is to upload it at imageshack.us then post the URL that you receive.

“Vegetarian”… Hm… I can’t remember fully, they eat trees right? But then what about our ‘other’ favorite rock monster from the never-ending story? Is eating stone like being a vegetarian? The stones might have vegetation inside so… But then again… What do you call someone on rock diet? Rocketarian? Rock-et-eer? Stone-hearted? Dang i will think about this all weekend.

I like Alex the way he is. He can clearly handle himself in the rough situations now, he knows he needs to protect Nastajia, and from the training montage, he’s making progress in his training to be a warrior and fight for Dreamland, so yesterday’s “dumb” moment is more like his personal nature. I think even Nastajia prefers that he has moments like these, though it might result in playful teasing or scolding.

Oh and if the vote incentive pic is the result of “doodling” in Photoshop, I’d LOVE to see what you come up with when you sit down and expect to make ART. That pic is BEAUTIFUL. I’d love to see a similar (ish) design if the movie turns out to be animated.

Wow, incredible work on the vote incentive. Any chance you were a fan of Diana Ross as Wonder Woman while growing up? That was teh first actress to pop in to my head for the role, because she also had killer eyes.

Then again, to a species that are herbivores, carnivores would seem like cannibals, since they’re eating others like themselves in that they’re eating other animals. Often including eating the truly intelligent types, the herbivores!

Ethical vegetarians have my respect for their stance, (an Ethical vegetarian being a person who CHOOSES to no longer eat meat for ethical reasons), a medically mandated vegetarian has my sympathy because of having no choice but to give up meat, but me, I’m a proud omnivore. I like a good steak or poultry, can take or leave seafood, but I’ll get into a fight to keep my salads and veggies.

Just a thought for everyone who wonders why Alex doesn’t know the rock giants are vegetarians: yes, he grew up knowing Paddington, but he didn’t spend every waking moment with Paddington. (Actually, technically, he didn’t spend any waking moment with Paddington … ) Alex the kid popped in and out of Dreamland sporadically. Isn’t it possible, and maybe even reasonable, that rock giants, or maybe even just rock giant children, are a little shy about eating around other people, and Paddington only ate when Alex wasn’t around? So it’s entirely possible that Alex has never seen Paddington eat.Food for thought, eh?
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@Scott: I deliberately didn’t post a direct link to the pic’s location in the wiki, because I remember you had a problem with someone putting up a past vote incentive on another site. So if you object, let me know and I’ll quietly remove it; otherwise, I can go ahead and post the link for those who missed it (or not, and we can leave it as a scavenger hunt to draw people to the wiki!). Totally your call!